Color
#4da8a6
#4da8a6rgb(77, 168, 166)hsl(179, 37%, 48%)oklch(0.676 0.087 193.4)Colors that go with #4da8a6
Charcoal, Burlywood and Copper lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #4da8a6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #4da8a6 in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Polaroid, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #4da8a6: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #4da8a6 in 4 real palettes, including Undergrowth and Oatmeal, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #4da8a6: 5 real palettes, including Open House and Peacock, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #4da8a6: 4 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Studio Grey, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #4da8a6, as the lead colour.
Peru #cd853f
triadicshippedPeru completes a triad with #4da8a6 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #4da8a6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #4da8a6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.81:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #4da8a6 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #4da8a6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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